Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

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A customer purchases good from the sales counter of a local supermarket displaying cigarettes for sale in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A customer purchases good from the sales counter of a local supermarket displaying cigarettes for sale in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

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A pensioner, right, speaks to traders selling food produce at their street stall in Suzdal, Russia, on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A pensioner, right, speaks to traders selling food produce at their street stall in Suzdal, Russia, on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

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A pensioner poses for a photograph beside her street stall selling food produce in Suzdal, Russia, on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A pensioner poses for a photograph beside her street stall selling food produce in Suzdal, Russia, on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

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A pensioner wheels her bicycle across a wooden bridge on the Kamenka river in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A pensioner wheels her bicycle across a wooden bridge on the Kamenka river in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

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Traders sell jars of pickled mushrooms from a street stall in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Traders sell jars of pickled mushrooms from a street stall in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

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Pensioners wrapped up against the cold chat after meeting at the local market in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners wrapped up against the cold chat after meeting at the local market in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

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A man smokes a cigarette as he walks past street stalls in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A man smokes a cigarette as he walks past street stalls in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

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A pensioner sells jars of pickles from the trunk of his vehicle on a roadside in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A pensioner sells jars of pickles from the trunk of his vehicle on a roadside in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

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A boy feeds the pigeons in the central market square in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A boy feeds the pigeons in the central market square in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

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A trader sells traditional felt boots, or Valenki, from a stall at a street market in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A trader sells traditional felt boots, or Valenki, from a stall at a street market in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

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Pensioners wrapped up against the cold chat after meeting at the local market in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners wrapped up against the cold chat after meeting at the local market in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

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Pensioners wait for customers at their market stalls selling pickles and other home produce in Suzdal, Russia, on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners wait for customers at their market stalls selling pickles and other home produce in Suzdal, Russia, on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

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A pensioner arranges a display of samovar water heaters for sale on his stall beneath a Russian national flag on the M7 Volga highway outside Ozherelki village, Moscow region, Russia, on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A pensioner arranges a display of samovar water heaters for sale on his stall beneath a Russian national flag on the M7 Volga highway outside Ozherelki village, Moscow region, Russia, on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pensioners And Local Economy As Government Debates Raising Retirement Age

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Felt slippers hang for sale from a market stall in Suzdal, Russia, on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Felt slippers hang for sale from a market stall in Suzdal, Russia, on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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A customer purchases good from the sales counter of a local... News PhotoBuying,Cigarette,Community,Customer,Economy,Environment,Europe,Finance,For Sale,Former Soviet Union,Home Finances,Occupation,Pension,Retirement,Russia,Sales Occupation,Senior Adult,Showing,Supermarket,Suzdal,VerticalPhotographer BloombergCollection: Bloomberg 2012 BloombergA customer purchases good from the sales counter of a local supermarket displaying cigarettes for sale in Suzdal, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Russia has one of the world's lowest retirement ages, set in 1932 during the Stalin era. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images